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A fertility analysis of Jamaica: recent trends with reference to the Parish of St. Ann
Social and economic studies • 23 (4) • Published In 1974 • Pages: 588-636
By: Sinclair, Sonja S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article analyzes changes in fertility patterns in Jamaica utilizing data from the 1943, 1960, and 1970 censuses. The population was growing rapidly as a result of high fertility combined with drops in mortality since the 1920s. This dynamic is considered a problem for economic development and there are efforts to induce a demographic transition to control fertility. Some historical background is provided on migration, mortality, fertility, and population growth, but there is little information on the contemporary socio-cultural context. Fertility rates are then compared by parish with reference to age cohorts, family type, and family planning efforts. The author finds that there has been a much lower population increase in the parish of St. Ann, which has been a major focus of both private and public family planning efforts since the 1950s.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Demography
- Towns
- Public welfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Jamaicans
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- EvaluationIn this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- Social Scientist-4
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor Swanson ; John Beierle ; 1976
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1844-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Jamaica; St. Ann Parish, Jamaica
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Sonja S. Sinclair
- Footnotes contain bibliographic references, see pp. 633-634 of Category 116.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56027552
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jamaica--Social life and customs